制定官方简化字表时,采用了几种不同的方法。其中一种是用一个笔画较简单的字来书写另一个较复杂的字。例如,后(本义为“皇后”)用来书写後(意为“后面、之后”)。另一些情况下,两个读音相近的字被简化为同一个字。例如,復和複都简化为复。

这类简化最初的目的,是减少学生识字所需掌握的汉字总数。但它给已掌握简体字、又想学习繁体字的学生带来了困难:他们必须学会在这些字之间作出新的区分。

有时,对应同一个简体字的各个繁体字意义分明,很容易判断该用哪一个。另一些时候,其中两个繁体字在某些场合可以互换。下表列出对应多个繁体字的简体字,以及每个繁体字的意思。

维基百科有一份更长的汉字简化歧义列表。

简繁对应关系

简体字 繁体字 示例
板 板 [ban3] 黑板 [ban3] blackboard
木板 [ban3] wooden plank
闆 [ban3] 老闆 [ban3] boss
杯 杯 [bei1] 杯子 [bei1] a cup
玻璃杯 [bei1] a glass
盃 [bei1] 世界盃 [bei1] World Cup
讚 [bei1] 稱讚 称赞 [bei1] to praise
讚美 赞美 [bei1] to praise / to admire
贊 [bei1] 贊成 [bei1] /approve/endorse/
贊助 [bei1] /to support/to assist/sponsor/
表 表 [biao3] 表示 [biao3] to show
表面 [biao3] surface / appearance
錶 [biao3] 鐘錶 [biao3] clock
手錶 [biao3] wristwatch
别 別 [bie2] 別人 [bie2] other people
告別 [bie2] to bid farewell
識別 [bie2] to discern
別客氣 [bie2] don't mention it
卜 [bie2] 占卜 [bie2] to divine
彆 [bie2] 彆扭 [bie2] awkward / difficult
蔔 [bie2] 蘿蔔 [bie2] turnip
胡蘿蔔 [bie2] carrots
并 並{并} [bing4] 並不 [bing4] not at all / not in fact
一並 [bing4] to lump together
併 [bing4] 合併 [bing4] to merge
一併 [bing4] to lump together
布 佈 [bu4] 佈告 [bu4] notice / bulletin
分佈 [bu4] to distribute
布 [bu4] 桌布 [bu4] tablecloth
才 才 [cai2] 天才 [cai2] genius
剛才 [cai2] just then
纔 [cai2] 剛纔 [cai2] just then
彩 彩 [cai3] 彩色 [cai3] multi-color
精彩 [cai3] brilliant
綵 [cai3] 綵旗 [cai3] colored flag
剪綵 [cai3] to cut the ribbon
采 採 [cai3] 採取 [cai3] to adopt / to take
採果 [cai3] fruit picking / to pick fruit
采 [cai3] 風采 [cai3] elegant manner
神采 [cai3] expression / bright
冲 沖 [chong1] 沖洗 [chong1] to rinse / to wash
沖刷 [chong1] to scrub / to scour
衝 [chong1] 衝突 [chong1] conflict / clash
衝刺 [chong1] to sprint
要衝 [chong1] major crossroad
丑 丑 [chou3] 丑時 [chou3] 1-3 am
小丑 [chou3] clown
醜 [chou3] 醜陋 [chou3] ugly
醜事 [chou3] scandal
出 出 [chu1] 出去 [chu1] to go out
出來 [chu1] to come out
齣 [chu1] 一齣戲 [chu1] one play
冬 冬 [dong1] 冬天 [dong1] winter
冬至 [dong1] winter solstice
鼕 [dong1] 鼕 [dong1] Mr Dong
斗 斗 [dou3] 公斗 [dou3] decaliter
星斗 [dou3] stars
鬥{鬪} [dou3] 戰鬥 [dou3] fight
鬥爭 [dou3] struggle
发 發 [fa1] 出發 [fa1] to head off
發生 [fa1] to happen
髮 [fa1] 髮型 [fa1] hairstyle
頭髮 [fa1] hair on the head
范 範 [fan4] 規範 [fan4] standard / regulation
範圍 [fan4] range / scope
范 [fan4] 范先生 [fan4] Mr Fan
复 復 [fu4] 反復 [fu4] repeatedly
恢復 [fu4] to recover
複 [fu4] 複雜 [fu4] complicated
複合 [fu4] compound
重複 [fu4] to duplicate
干 乾 [gan1] 乾燥 [gan1] dry
乾娘 [gan1] godmother
干 [gan1] 干涉 [gan1] to interfere with
干戈 [gan1] weapons of war
幹 [gan1] 主幹 [gan1] main / core
樹幹 [gan1] tree trunk
幹嘛 [gan1] what are you doing?
榦 [gan1] 樹榦 [gan1] tree trunk
谷 穀 [gu3] 穀物 [gu3] grain / cereal
五穀 [gu3] the five crops
谷 [gu3] 低谷 [gu3] valley / low point
峽谷 [gu3] canyon
刮 刮 [gua1] 刮掉 [gua1] to scrape off
刮鏟 [gua1] scraper
颳 [gua1] 颳風 [gua1] to be windy
后 后 [hou4] 皇后 [hou4] empress
王后 [hou4] queen
後 [hou4] 後面 [hou4] behind
以後 [hou4] after
胡 胡 [hu2] 胡說 [hu2] nonsense
胡錦濤 [hu2] Hu Jintao
衚 [hu2] 衚衕 [hu2] alley
鬍 [hu2] 鬍子 [hu2] facial hair
鬍鬚 [hu2] beard
划 划 [hua2] 划子 [hua2] small row-boat
划算 [hua2] worthwhile
劃 [hua2] 計劃 [hua2] plan
劃線 [hua2] to draw a line
回 回 [hui2] 回來 [hui2] come back
回頭 [hui2] to turn one's head / later
一回 [hui2] one bout / one time
迴 [hui2] 迴轉 [hui2] to rotate
迴避 [hui2] to avoid
汇 匯{滙} [hui4] 匯率 [hui4] exchange rate
彙 [hui4] 詞彙 [hui4] vocabulary
获 獲 [huo4] 獲得 [huo4] to obtain
獲勝 [huo4] to win / to triumph
捉獲 [huo4] to capture
穫 [huo4] 收穫 [huo4] harvest
几 几 [ji1] 茶几 [ji1] tea table
幾 [ji1] 幾個 [ji1] a few / how many?
饥 飢 [ji1] 飢渴 [ji1] hunger and thirst
飢荒 [ji1] famine
饑 [ji1] 饑荒 [ji1] famine
家 傢 [jia1] 傢具 [jia1] furniture
家 [jia1] 家庭 [jia1] family
人家 [jia1] people / others / oneself
家具 [jia1] furniture
奸 奸 [jian1] 內奸 [jian1] undiscovered traitor
奸猾 [jian1] treacherous
姦 [jian1] 強姦 [jian1] rape
姦情 [jian1] adultery
姜 姜 [jiang1] 姜先生 [jiang1] Mr Jiang
薑 [jiang1] 薑先生 [jiang1] Mr Jiang
薑餅 [jiang1] gingerbread
黃薑 [jiang1] turmeric
借 借 [jie4] 借給 [jie4] to lend to
藉 [jie4] 狼藉 [jie4] in a mess
藉先生 [jie4] Mr Ji
尽 儘 [jin3] 儘可能 [jin3] to do one's utmost
儘管 [jin3] despite / without hesitating
儘量 [jin3] as much as possible / to the greatest extent
盡 [jin3] 盡頭 [jin3] the very end
盡量 [jin3] as much as possible / to the greatest extent
卷 卷 [juan3] 卷子 [juan3] steamed roll
捲 [juan3] 捲起 [juan3] to roll up
捲餅 [juan3] rolled up pastry
克 克 [ke4] 公克 [ke4] gram
麥克風 [ke4] microphone
克己 [ke4] self-restraint
剋 [ke4] 剋己 [ke4] self-restraint
夸 夸 [kua1] 夸克 [kua1] quark
誇 [kua1] 誇張 [kua1] exaggerated
誇大 [kua1] to exaggerate
昆 崑 [kun1] 崑崙山 [kun1] Mount Kunlun
昆 [kun1] 昆蟲 [kun1] insect
昆明 [kun1] Kunming (city in Yunnan)
困 困 [kun4] 困難 [kun4] difficult
困境 [kun4] predicament
睏 [kun4] 我很睏 [kun4] I'm sleepy
累 累 [lei2] 累累 [lei2] heaps of
纍 [lei2] 纍墜 [lei2] superfluous / cumbersome
厘 厘 [li2] 巴厘島 [li2] Bali (in Indonesia)
釐 [li2] 釐米 [li2] centimeter
釐清 [li2] to clarify
漓 漓 [li2] 淋漓 [li2] dripping wet
灕 [li2] 灕江 [li2] River Li, Guangxi
里 裡{裏} [li3] 裡面 [li3] inside
這裡 [li3] here
里 [li3] 公里 [li3] kilometer
鄰里 [li3] neighborhood
阿里 [li3] Ali (proper name)
历 曆 [li4] 日曆 [li4] calendar
歷 [li4] 歷史 [li4] history
經歷 [li4] experience
了 了 [liao3] 走了 [liao3] to have gone
殺了 [liao3] to have killed
瞭 [liao3] 瞭哨 [liao3] to stand guard
瞭望 [liao3] to keep a lookout
卤 滷 [lu3] 滷汁 [lu3] gravy / marinade
鹵 [lu3] 鹵水 [lu3] brine / marinade
鹵素 [lu3] halogen (chemistry)
仑 侖 [lun2] 庫侖 [lun2] Coulomb
崙{崘} [lun2] 崑崙山 [lun2] Mount Kunlun
面 面 [mian4] 表面 [mian4] surface
面子 [mian4] face
裡面 [mian4] inside
麵 [mian4] 麵條 [mian4] noodle
麵包 [mian4] bread
辟 辟 [pi4] 大辟 [pi4] death sentence
闢 [pi4] 闢謠 [pi4] to refute a rumor
開辟 [pi4] to open up
千 千 [qian1] 一千 [qian1] one thousand
千秋 [qian1] a thousand years
韆 [qian1] 韆鞦 [qian1] swing
签 簽 [qian1] 簽署 [qian1] to sign
牙簽 [qian1] toothpick
籤 [qian1] 標籤 [qian1] label / tag
牙籤 [qian1] toothpick
纤 縴 [qian4] 縴夫 [qian4] barge hauler
纖 [qian4] 纖維 [qian4] fibre
秋 秋 [qiu1] 秋天 [qiu1] autumn
千秋 [qiu1] a thousand years
鞦 [qiu1] 鞦韆 [qiu1] a swing
曲 曲 [qu1] 歌曲 [qu1] tune / song
舞曲 [qu1] dance music
麴 [qu1] 麴 [qu1] yeast / (surname)
舍 捨 [she4] 捨棄 [she4] to abandon
捨不得 [she4] unwilling to give away
舍 [she4] 宿舍 [she4] dormitory
旅舍 [she4] inn / hostel
沈 沈 [shen3] 沈丘 [shen3] Shenqiu (county in Henan)
沈從文 [shen3] Shen Congwen (novelist)
瀋 [shen3] 瀋陽 [shen3] Shenyang (city in Liaoning)
升 升 [sheng1] 上升 [sheng1] to ascend
公升 [sheng1] litre
昇 [sheng1] 上昇 [sheng1] to ascend
陞 [sheng1] 陞任 [sheng1] /promotion/
松 松 [song1] 松樹 [song1] pine tree
松鼠 [song1] squirrel
鬆 [song1] 放鬆 [song1] to loosen
輕鬆 [song1] relaxed
苏 甦 [su1] 甦醒 [su1] awaken
蘇 [su1] 紫蘇 [su1] basil
江蘇 [su1] Jiangsu province
蘇軾 [su1] Su Shi (Song Dynasty writer)
蘇醒 [su1] awaken
台 台 [tai2] 台灣 [tai2] Taiwan (informal writing)
電台 [tai2] broadcasting station
櫃台 [tai2] counter / bar
檯 [tai2] 檯燈 [tai2] desk lamp
櫃檯 [tai2] counter / bar
臺 [tai2] 臺灣 [tai2] Taiwan (formal writing)
電臺 [tai2] broadcasting station
櫃臺 [tai2] counter / bar
颱 [tai2] 颱風 [tai2] typhoon / hurricane
托 托 [tuo1] 托架 [tuo1] bracket
委託 [tuo1] to entrust
摩托 [tuo1] motor / motorbike
託 [tuo1] 委託 [tuo1] to entrust
拜託 [tuo1] request sb to do sth
系 係 [xi4] 關係 [xi4] relationship
聯係 [xi4] to connect
系 [xi4] 系統 [xi4] system
數學系 [xi4] mathematics department
繫 [xi4] 繫安全帶 [xi4] to fasten a seatbelt
繫緊 [xi4] to bind tightly
聯繫 [xi4] to connect
咸 咸 [xian2] 老少咸宜 [xian2] appropriate for all ages
鹹 [xian2] 鹹水 [xian2] saltwater / brine
鹹肉 [xian2] bacon / salt-cured meat
向 向 [xiang4] 方向 [xiang4] direction
向上 [xiang4] upward
導向 [xiang4] orientation
嚮 [xiang4] 嚮導 [xiang4] guide
嚮往 [xiang4] to yearn for
面嚮 [xiang4] to turn towards
须 須 [xu1] 必須 [xu1] must
須知 [xu1] rules that must be known
莫須有 [xu1] groundless
鬚 [xu1] 鬍鬚 [xu1] beard
卷鬚 [xu1] tendril
旋 旋 [xuan2] 旋風 [xuan2] whirlwind / tornado
鏇 [xuan2] 鏇床 [xuan2] lathe
鏇木 [xuan2] wood turning
叶 叶 [ye4] 叶韻 [ye4] to rhyme
葉 [ye4] 葉子 [ye4] leaf
葉問 [ye4] Yip Man
佣 佣 [yong1] 佣金 [yong1] commission
傭 [yong1] 傭人 [yong1] servant
傭金 [yong1] commission
游 游 [you2] 游泳 [you2] swimming
下游 [you2] downstream
遊 [you2] 遊覽 [you2] to tour / to visit
遊戲 [you2] game
下遊 [you2] downstream
余 余 [yu2] 余先生 [yu2] Mr Yu
餘 [yu2] 餘地 [yu2] leeway / margin
多餘 [yu2] surplus / unnecessary
吁 吁 [yu4] 吁吁 [yu4] to pant
籲 [yu4] 呼籲 [yu4] to appeal to sb
御 御 [yu4] 御賜 [yu4] to be bestowed by the emperor
御史 [yu4] imperial censor
禦 [yu4] 防禦 [yu4] defense
禦寒 [yu4] cold resistant
郁 郁 [yu4] 姓郁 [yu4] surname Yu
郁達夫 [yu4] Yu Dafu (writer)
鬱 [yu4] 濃鬱 [yu4] dense (e.g. forest)
憂鬱 [yu4] depressed
鬱昭敏 [yu4] Yu Zhaomin (Song dynasty official)
云 云 [yun2] 語云 [yun2] as the saying goes...
云云 [yun2] and so on
雲 [yun2] 白雲 [yun2] white cloud
多雲 [yun2] cloudy (meteorology)
扎 扎 [za1] 掙扎 [za1] to struggle
紮 [za1] 駐紮 [za1] to station troops
紮營 [za1] to camp
脏 臟 [zang1] 臟器 [zang1] internal organs
心臟 [zang1] heart (organ)
髒 [zang1] 骯髒 [zang1] dirty
髒話 [zang1] profanity
占 佔 [zhan1] 佔有 [zhan1] to have / to hold
占 [zhan1] 占卜 [zhan1] to divine
占星學 [zhan1] astrology
折 折 [zhe2] 折本 [zhe2] to lose money
摺 [zhe2] 摺光 [zhe2] refraction
摺紙 [zhe2] paper folding
征 征 [zheng1] 征途 [zheng1] long journey
征服 [zheng1] to conquer
徵 [zheng1] 徵召 [zheng1] to enlist / to draft
象徵 [zheng1] symbol / to symbolize
特徵 [zheng1] characteristic
只 只{衹} [zhi3] 只有 [zhi3] only
只不過 [zhi3] it's just that
隻 [zhi3] 一隻鳥 [zhi3] one bird
隻身 [zhi3] by oneself
制 制 [zhi4] 控制 [zhi4] control
制度 [zhi4] system
抑制 [zhi4] inhibition
製 [zhi4] 製造 [zhi4] to manufacture
製作 [zhi4] make / manufacture
複製 [zhi4] to copy
志 志 [zhi4] 意志 [zhi4] will / determination
志願 [zhi4] aspiration / volunteer
誌 [zhi4] 雜誌 [zhi4] magazine
標誌 [zhi4] sign / symbol
致 緻 [zhi4] 精緻 [zhi4] fine / delicate
密緻 [zhi4] closely-spaced / dense
致 [zhi4] 一致 [zhi4] unanimous
導致 [zhi4] to lead to
钟 鍾 [zhong1] 鍾情 [zhong1] madly in love
龍鍾 [zhong1] decrepit / senile
鐘 [zhong1] 鐘頭 [zhong1] hour
時鐘 [zhong1] clock
周 周 [zhou1] 周朝 [zhou1] Zhou Dynasty
周圍 [zhou1] surroundings
週 [zhou1] 週末 [zhou1] weekend
週圍 [zhou1] surroundings
週年 [zhou1] (yearly) anniversary
注 注 [zhu4] 注意 [zhu4] to pay attention to
注射 [zhu4] to inject
註 [zhu4] 註冊 [zhu4] to register
註定 [zhu4] be doomed
註腳 [zhu4] footnote
准 准 [zhun3] 不准 [zhun3] not allowed
批准 [zhun3] to ratify
準 [zhun3] 標準 [zhun3] standard
準備 [zhun3] prepare
準確 [zhun3] accurate
沒準兒 [zhun3] not sure
水準 [zhun3] horizontal / level